Pedri’s goal helped Barcelona take down Celta Vigo 1-0. Barca now topped the La Liga 2022-2023 table. Follow for more soccer sites news here!
The battle for the top spot of the La Liga has always been tight and head to head between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Similar to Barca’s result, Real Madrid also struggles to beat Getafe. You can visit us for more all soccer live scores here!
After Barcelona learned that their rival clinched the much-needed victory over Getafe, they knew they had to also win the game in order to clinch the first seed. But Celta Vigo made it difficult for the Barcelona side.
Although the first half was significantly dominated by the Catalans with Lewandowski and Torres both almost scored a goal. Xavi watched those two consecutive chances get wasted. But they get their chance to take the lead at the 17th minute mark with Pedri. The attack started when Gavi timed his run with perfection on the left wing before sending the ball to the center. The ball went in the direction of Pedri who made an easy kick to score a goal for Barca.
But the visiting squad, Celta Vigo almost pulled a draw in the 33rd minute via Larsen. Despite coming into the halftime break with Barcelona on the lead, Eduardo Coudet’s side did not give up in the second half. They become more determined and dominant as they forcibly look for an equalizer. Through their series of counters and attempts, the life for Barcelona in this match turned out to be more difficult. Celta Vigo thought they had their equalizer in the 69th minute but the goal was ruled out for offside. Sergi Roberto came on for Balde in the 77th minute.
Despite Barcelona committing a series of mistakes and being outperformed by Celta, the team still managed to maintain the lead and won the match with a top spot for La Liga table was on the line. Barca took all the three points and they returned to the top of the league.
“Playing like we did in the second half it will be very hard (to beat Inter), but in the first half yes, we have to maintain that level,” said Barca coach Xavi Hernandez. “Today we had the luck of having a great goalkeeper, but we have to improve, we have to be self-critical.”
This game was considered to be one of the worst games that Barcelona had ever played. Their bad performance in the second half made the games look difficult. If they face a formidable team like Inter Milan or Real Madrid next week, this team will possibly experience a devastating defeat or an embarrassing performance. However, through their resiliency and trust to Xavi’s system, they managed to win the game with just a 1-0 scoreline.
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